Hyacinth is opening up this week. I have a variety of the wild forms. This seems much deeper blue than I remember last season. I planted these a few years ago. I am partial to purple and blue any time of the season. This is  Centaurea  Montana/ Mountain Cornflower.

I love  how these plants unfold slowly.....

 They have such a beautiful appearance  in all stages of their flower development...

they just float in the garden....

I do get distracted often by all the beautiful spring flowers blooming in Palm Rae Potager. 

This is the fence we share with my neighbor on the north side. I  use a 3 year rotation since we only have 3 areas with 6+ hours of sun a day. Last year the squash was in this garden

and  traveled into our neighbors yard. I tell them every year they are welcome to pick what grows on their side of the fence. By the end of the summer, the vegetables I grow vertically in this South facing garden do travel and produce an abundant crop to share with my fence neighbors!

We purchased second hand bricks to use for our raised beds. Some people claim bricks attract snails, but  I have not had any problems with snails. We also have some old bricks that the former owner of our home collected from some old buildings they tore down. 

This year we will be growing Blue Lake,  Rattle Snake,
and French Climbing Pole Beans, and Dragon Bush Beans. We want to try different pole beans every year. By the end of summer, they will be wandering into our neighbors yard and all over their bushes. We do try to keep them on our side, but it is difficult to do at times. They don't mind the extra food!
We only grow Dragon Bush Beans since they are the best tasting bush bean we have tried. The Dragon Bush beans are in front of the pole and by the time the pole beans are ready to eat our dragon bush beans are finished. We will plant a second batch of bush beans mid summer once we harvest the garlic.

The Jacob Cline Red Bee Balm will be blooming soon. Mr. Mugwort is anxious to see the red bee balm!